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Category Archives: Random House
Batgirl at Super Hero High (DC Super Hero Girls) by Lisa Yee
This is now the third book I’ve read in this series and it may very well be my favorite. I believe it serves an important message to young girls, those who have been immersed in stories and movies about famous … Continue reading
Posted in Kid-Lit/Middle Grade, Random House, Review
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#Mx3 Review: Gabriel Finley and the Raven’s Riddle by George Hagen
Age Range: 9 – 12 years Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Schwartz & Wade (August 26, 2014) ISBN: 9780385371032 Source: Publisher Twelve year-old Gabriel Finley has lived with his Aunt Jasmine in her old Brooklyn brownstone since his father disappeared three … Continue reading
Posted in 8-12 years of age, Fantasty, Kid-Lit/Middle Grade, Random House
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Guest Review: The Islands at the End of the World by Austin Aslan
Age Range: 12 and up Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books (August 5, 2014) ISBN: 9780385744027 Source: Publisher Sixteen-year-old Leilani and her father travel from their small island town to the Big Island of Hawaii to Oahu to seek … Continue reading
Posted in Dystopian fiction, Random House, Review, YA
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Review: Remember Me Like This by Bret Anthony Johnston
Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Random House (May 13, 2014) ISBN-10: 1400062128 Source: Publisher Four years ago Justin Campbell disappeared from his home in the small town of Southport, Texas. The Campbells struggle to find answers, not knowing if he ran … Continue reading
Posted in Mystery/Suspense, Random House, Review
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Review: Black Chalk by Christopher J. Yates
Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Random House UK (April 1, 2014) ISBN-10: 1846557283 Source: Publisher Six friends, students at Oxford University, create a game. The game is made up of a series of actions, a truth or dare of sorts. The … Continue reading
Posted in Mystery/Suspense, Random House, Review
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Review: Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
Age Range: 12 and up/Grade 7 and up Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Delacorte Press; First Edition edition (September 24, 2013) ISBN-10: 0385743564 Source: Publisher A decade ago Calamity came, a meteor that gave people extraordinary powers. Soon these individuals began … Continue reading
Review: Cartwheel by Jennifer Dubois
Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Random House (September 24, 2013) ISBN-10: 0812995864 Source: Publisher Lily Hayes opts to spend a semester abroad in Buenos Aires and is instantly enamored by the culture around her. She rooms with another young woman from the United States, Katy, but … Continue reading
Posted in Mystery/Suspense, Random House, Review
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Review: Night Film by Marisha Pessl
Hardcover: 624 pages Publisher: Random House (August 20, 2013) ISBN-10: 140006788X Source: Publisher “I love to put my characters in the dark. It’s only then that I can see exactly who they are.” Scott McGrath is an investigative journalist who … Continue reading
Posted in Horror, Mystery/Suspense, Random House, Review
Tagged film industry, mental illness, occult, suicide
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Review: Son of a Gun by Justin St. Germain
Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: Random House (August 13, 2013) ISBN-10: 1400068622 Source: Publisher In September of 2001, when the mother of twenty-year-old Justin St. Germain is murdered at the hands of her fifth husband in Tombstone, AZ, it is written … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Random House, Review
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Frightful Friday: World War Z: The Complete Edition: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week.This week’s featured title is the audiobook production of World War Z by Max Brooks: Audio CD Length: 12 … Continue reading
Posted in Audiobook, Frightful Friday, Horror, Random House, Review, Thriller
Tagged recovery, War, zombies
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